Survey of zona pellucida antigens for immunocontraception of cats

Theriogenology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1334-1341

  Levy, Julie K ^a   Mansour, Marc ^b   Crawford, P Cynda ^a   Pohajdak, Bill ^c   Brown, Robert G ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat; Immunocontraception; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELA VISON; SUIDAE;

EID: 13944260803     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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